Throughout the debate over the Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Obama administration insisted that its approach to brokering a deal with the mullahs is guided by a simple principle: “verification, not trust.” Of course, by the time a deal was struck the Obama administration had given away the store, so there was precious little left to verify. Recall that prior to the negotiations, the White House position was that Iran’s entire nuclear weapons program should be dismantled, centrifuges and all. Well, that didn’t happen. Then the administration promised Iran would have to submit to “anytime, anywhere” inspections of their nuclear facilities. Somehow that evolved into letting Iran “self-inspect.”